How to save time and money at the grocery store
In our area, grocery store sales begin on fridays and end on the following thursdays. A bag of flyers is sent out in the mail usually around thursday highlighting what is for sale. When the flyers come, we go through them very carefully to figure out what is for sale in the upcoming week.
What we used to do is just make a mental note of which store had the most sales and just get most of our groceries from that place. Unfortunately we found that this was a real time waster because having to remember grocery lists was never a good idea. We'd get most of the items we wanted to buy, but in doing so we also bought a lot of extra junk that we didn't need.
So we needed a better way. We know use an electronic list. I just open up my favorite text editor and input all the items that we want to buy. Once that is done, I just send the list to my phone and we're off shopping. By making a set list, I am able to visualize where I need to go and get in and out of a grocery store quickly and efficiently - buying only the things I set out to buy and not extra junk.
The extra time saved allows us to visit more than one grocery store in one session and get more deals.
We tend to shop in the early morning or evenings to avoid the crowds. The cashier lines are shorter and with fewer people in the aisles we are able to zip around quicker. The other advantage of shopping early in the morning and evenings is that we are less hungry - so the odds that we are buying more junk food are diminished.
We've been trying out this new method and it seems to work quite well for us. What are your grocery shopping tips? Or do you just visit the grocery store when you run out of food?
What we used to do is just make a mental note of which store had the most sales and just get most of our groceries from that place. Unfortunately we found that this was a real time waster because having to remember grocery lists was never a good idea. We'd get most of the items we wanted to buy, but in doing so we also bought a lot of extra junk that we didn't need.
So we needed a better way. We know use an electronic list. I just open up my favorite text editor and input all the items that we want to buy. Once that is done, I just send the list to my phone and we're off shopping. By making a set list, I am able to visualize where I need to go and get in and out of a grocery store quickly and efficiently - buying only the things I set out to buy and not extra junk.
The extra time saved allows us to visit more than one grocery store in one session and get more deals.
We tend to shop in the early morning or evenings to avoid the crowds. The cashier lines are shorter and with fewer people in the aisles we are able to zip around quicker. The other advantage of shopping early in the morning and evenings is that we are less hungry - so the odds that we are buying more junk food are diminished.
We've been trying out this new method and it seems to work quite well for us. What are your grocery shopping tips? Or do you just visit the grocery store when you run out of food?
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